THE NIELS BOHR INTERNATIONAL

ACADEMY

MISSIONThe Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) is an independent center of excellence hosted by the Niels Bohr Institute.  Our mission is to attract the best and the brightest to Denmark and provide the environment to enable break-through research in the physical sciences and mathematics, such as astroparticle physics, biophysics, condensed matter, quantum de-vices, particle physics, cosmology, and theoret-ical astrophysics.

MEMBERSThe NBIA staff includes several Professors, some of which hold prestigious positions as Villum Kann Rasmussen and Niels Bohr Pro-fessorships.  A significant number of NBIA As-sistant Professors and Associate Professors have started new research groups in their dis-ciplines by attracting prestigious national and European grants. The NBIA hosts a large number of post-docs, PhD-students, and MSc-students. We have a steady stream of in-ternational visitors, who are invited to give seminars or collaborate with NBIA members.

ACTIVITIESThe NBIA hosts around ten workshops, sym-posia and PhD-schools every year.  We also reach out to the public with a number of ac-tivities, including an annual series of public lec-tures in collaboration with the Danish Open University. All in all the NBIA offers an incred-ible stimulating environment for students!

CONTACT INFORMATION

THEORETICAL PARTICLE PHYSICS

Poul Henrik Damgaard phdamg@nbi.ku.dkEmil Bjerrum-Bohr bjbohr@nbi.ku.dkMichele Levi michelelevi@nbi.ku.dkMichael Trott mrtrott@nbi.ku.dkChristian Vergu c.vergu@nbi.ku.dkMatthias Wilhelm matthias.wilhelm@nbi.ku.dk

THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS

Martin Pessah mpessah@nbi.ku.dkTobias Heinemann heinemann@nbi.ku.dkPablo Benitez-Llambay pbllambay@nbi.ku.dkDaniel D'Orazio daniel.dorazio@nbi.ku.dkJohan Samsing jsamsing@nbi.ku.dk

BIOPHYSICS & ACTIVE MATTER

Amin Doostmohammadi doostmohammadi@nbi.ku.dk

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS & COSMOLOGY

Jason Koskinen koskinen@nbi.ku.dkPavel Naselsky naselsky@nbi.ku.dkOleg Ruchayskiy oleg.ruchayskiy@nbi.ku.dkIrene Tamborra tamborra@nbi.ku.dkMarkus Ahlers markus.ahlers@nbi.ku.dkMauricio Bustamante mbustamante@nbi.ku.dk

CONDENSED MATTER THEORY

Michele Burrello michele.burrello@nbi.ku.dkEvert Van Nieuwenburg vannieuwenburg@nbi.ku.dk

The NBIA invites prospective MSc students to an informal online event

"MSc Projects @ NBIA"

on October 9, 2020Join us to learn more about our diverse research program and the possibilities to

carry out your MSc project at NBIA.For registration and further information please visit:

www.nbia.dk/mscday2020

THEORETICAL PARTICLE PHYSICS

The search for the most fundamental interac-

tions in Nature probes the shortest distances

ever reached. Right now, a major impact comes

from the experimental front, in particular from

CERN, the LIGO and VIRGO gravitational wave

observations, from neutrino experiments, and,

remarkably, from cosmology. In the theoretical

particle physics group at the NBIA we explore

all these frontiers and have a strong focus on

modern amplitude calculations, including under-

standing General Relativity from scattering am-

plitudes.

THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS

This line of research at the NBIA spans a vari-

ety of topics, using a broad range of theoretical

techniques and numerical tools. Topics of inter-

est include: accretion flows around young stars

and compact objects, the formation of black

hole binary systems and subsequent mergers,

the interstellar medium, the intergalactic medi-

um in galaxy clusters, as well as the early evolu-

tion of our solar system and exoplanetary sys-

tems. We have access to powerful computer

resources and interact on a daily basis with the

Computational Astrophysics Group at the NBI.

NEUTRINO ASTROPHYSICS

These are exciting times for neutrino astro-

physicists, with the IceCube telescope paving

the way for a new neutrino astronomy era. The

prime focus of the NBIA neutrino astrophysics

group is to shed light on the role of neutrinos

in astrophysical environments, such as core-col-

lapse supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, by

adopting neutrinos to learn about the source

properties. This new group has recently joined

ongoing local efforts in astroparticle physics,

aiming to place the NBIA at the forefront of an

exciting and rapidly developing field.

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS & COSMOLOGY

The research carried out in this field by the

group at the NBIA is at the boundary between

fundamental physics and astrophysics/cosmolo-

gy, investigating the origin of the matter-anti-

matter asymmetry of the universe, the nature

of the dark matter (and of dark energy), the

generation of the primordial fluctuations which

seeded large-scale structure, and the sources

and propagation of high energy cosmic radiation

- charged particles, gamma-rays and neutrinos.

An exciting new type of messenger augmenting

this research are gravitational waves.

CONDENSED MATTER THEORY

The condensed matter theory group at the

NBIA seeks to understand how to create, con-

trol, measure, and protect quantum coherence

and entanglement in quantum many-body sys-

tems. This is crucial for building large controlled

interacting quantum devices, such as solid-state

qubits, nanowires and nanotubes. We maintain

close links with the Center for Quantum De-

vices, with many opportunities for theory-exper-

iment collaborations on these fundamental top-

ics.

BIOPHYSICS & ACTIVE MATTER

NBIA has recently launched an exciting new

initiative to expand into soft matter physics and

the hot topic of active, self-organizing matter:

bacterial colonies, cellular tissues, or filaments

inside living cells. A distinctive feature of these

active materials is their ability to autonomously

create coherent flows with the entire material

moving as a unit. Such coherent flows of cells

occur in vital biological processes - from wound

healing and organ formation to bacterial inva-

sion and tumor progression - and are the sub-

ject of intense studies due to their potential for

medical intervention.